Why NBC’s 2-Season Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Could Be the Perfect Last of Us Replacement
A world without electricity
Revolution is set in 2027, fifteen years after a mysterious blackout disables electricity around the planet. In the United States, militias divide what remains as people adjust to life without technology.
Charlie Matheson is drawn into a conspiracy after soldiers kill her father, Ben, and take her brother, Danny. She turns to her estranged uncle, Miles, for help getting Danny back. Tracy Spiridakos plays Charlie, while Billy Burke plays Miles.
Mysteries drive the story
The series combines fights with questions about the blackout and a pendant Ben carried that can restore electronic devices. Flashbacks gradually reveal more about the catastrophe and the people caught up in its aftermath.
Charlie’s mother, Rachel, is alive and held by warlord Sebastian Monroe, despite having been presumed dead. The search for Danny takes a grim turn when he is shot in the Season 1 episode “The Stand.” The story also delivers explanations for its mysteries.
Season two changes course
In Season 2, armed fanatics known as the Patriots emerge as a new threat. They are led by Jack Davis, a former president who has become a tyrant.
The show also reveals that the blackout was caused by sentient nanomachines, which can restore power to electronics and heal the dead. The change keeps the science-fiction element central while introducing a different danger, but it did not keep the series on the air.
Key points
- Revolution is streaming on Prime Video as The Last of Us approaches Season 3.
- The story follows Charlie as she seeks to rescue her kidnapped brother, Danny.
- Season 2 introduces the Patriots and explains the blackout’s nanomachine cause.
- The series was created by Eric Kripke.